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The story begins in the year 1984 in the nation of Oceania. Winston Smith is a starting time ranking Outer party member working for a government system called the Party. The Party and its omniscient leader known as vainglorious Brother, control everything including language, history, and its citizens. Everywhere Winston goes, he is being monitored by the Party through telescreens and by the Thought Police. The most recent implementation of the Partys control over the nation has been the creation of Newspeak, an attempt to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words that relate to it. Rebellion is the ultimate offense a citizen can commit, and even thoughts about rebellion are illegal. While working in the Ministry of Truth, a branch of the Party that controls and alters history, Winston begins to question the validity of the Party and its doctrines. He wishes for privacy and freedom but cannot express these feelings without fear of the Thought Police, who patrol thoughts and punish people who think poorly of the Party or its leader. In order to escape the Partys tyranny, at least in his...